I always seem to come back to this quote from Elaine on Seinfeld: "I don't know how you guys walk around with those things. "

"I don't know how you guys walk around with those things. "

I remember trying to win an argument with Tim by proclaiming "Internal junk, man! INTERNAL JUNK!" (I don't remember the argument itself, or if I won, but I feel that such a proclamation had to have been successful.)

Speaking of women and 'junk'. This morning, working in the sound shop with 101's (undergrad actors/dancers who need to work backstage or in the shops in order to get cast in shows. So, low skill level, but usually very helpful and friendly). Anyhow, we have been testing a new gadget on one of our mid sized mixers all last week, and it's working great, so time to pack up the mixer. We had it on this stand: [link] that makes it easy to pivot it up, with 2-3 people, rather than 5-6 people lifting it up. So, we were putting it back in the case, and lowering it to the ground. Me and the male 101 on the receiving side of the mixer, and the tall female 101 holding it from falling too fast on the tipping up side of the mixer. Well, I didn't see it coming, but she was straddling the support bar, trying to hold on to the mixer, and then gravity kicked in, and that tilt stand pivoted up like a rocket, and caught her straddling it! I was horrified! Oh My! ARE YOU OK!?!?! She was laughing. Which first I took for shock. And she kept saying "I am so lucky I'm a girl! If I had ... ya know... guy.... ya know... oh my gawd that would have hurt". It took a few minutes to make sure she wasn't in shock or something. But for the next 15 minutes or so, she kept giggling.

IOmeN- I slept like 3 hours last night, because somebody kept loosing track of time while playing Assassins Creed 2. "oh, I'll just find all of the treasures and then go to bed". "Oh, that looks like an easy mission, and that would be a great stopping point, I'll do that, and then go to bed". Next thing I know, it's about 4am. And just as I convinced myself that I have some comp time to burn, as well as working this weekend, why not leave early, like shortly after lunch. Just as my brain was approving that idea, and getting in that happy mindeset of leaving early, I see on my calendar, a 4pm appointment. Thankfully a short one. But... no leaving 2:30ish like I was hoping. I got nobody to blame but myself.

Is it still ok to cook beans that I accidentally soaked for the last 18 hours?

Still no word about the diagnosis for my computer. I'm still hoping for less than a month.

Is it still ok to cook beans that I accidentally soaked for the last 18 hours?

I would.

hanging out with Javachik, Lee, juliana, and Christian Kane. Like at a coffee shop and we were all just chit chatting. A dream with Christian Kane and no sexy times? My brain is broken.

I dreamed several years ago that I let Christian Kane take a nap in my bed (while I was entertaining guests or something, IDK) and he left without saying thank you and I was annoyed. I also once dreamed that I asked his bandmate (Steve) to take a picture of Christian Kane and me, and he was super annoyed, and then my camera didn't even take a picture. So maybe it's something about CK?

I remember trying to win an argument with Tim by proclaiming "Internal junk, man! INTERNAL JUNK!" (I don't remember the argument itself, or if I won, but I feel that such a proclamation had to have been successful.)

I love this proclamation.

Holiday pick-up work in catering/bars? Pet-sitting?

I have zero service industry experience. Pet-sitting, maybe? I have a neighbor who wants to me change out her door, that could be some $$. I'm trying to line up side work with a friend who has a preservation business, but that won't be until January. IDK. I have another coworker that I could see if he wants help with side jobs. I could gift wrap... I'm pretty good at that. I wonder if there's a local store that needs wrapping assistance.

I just told my landlady that I'm moving out - not giving notice, exactly, but that it's going to happen. She was completely unsurprised (we discussed the possibility a couple of months ago) and understanding. There's even a chance I could rent her mom's house down the street, which is nearly done being renovated. It's a 3BR and not a shotgun so I could have roommates.

So yay that the convo went well. I guess I need to start haunting Craigslist.

What about seasonal retail, smonster?

{{{smonster}}} I'm sorry that things are so tough right now. I hope you can figure something out that works for you.

My uncle, the one with the recurring collapsed lung is back in hospital again. The lung isn't completely collapsed this time, but it needed to be hooked up to a machine again. Can I get some ~ma for him and some sanity~ma for the rest of the family? Everyone is under so much stress.

What about seasonal retail, smonster?

No retail experience, either! How the hell I got this far without waiting tables or selling stuff, IDK. I was a grocery store cashier once.

Breaking news, Craigslist is depressing. So many scams.

P. just advertised a barback position at the Pub. Don't think you need bartending experience, just be good at carrying kegs and washing glasses, I think? Let me know if you're interested and I can see if I can help at all.